History YMMV / TheWorldsEnd

* SpiritualAdaptation: The closest we'd get to a remake of ''Film/TheyLive''. The film is ''very'' similar to TheSixties Z-film ''Film/TheHumanDuplicators'', including incredibly fragile ceramic heads.

* GeniusBonus: Gary is a huge fan of Music/TheSistersOfMercy. Their song "This Corrosion", which is featured heavily in the film, is about the lead singer's personal struggles after the rest of his band up and left him to go on with their lives and careers (as well as sue him over ownership of the band's name.)

* IdiotPlot: Guys. Just get in the car and leave.
** To be fair, they try to twice. [[spoiler:The Blank version of]] Oliver stops them the first time. The second time [[spoiler:Gary's determination to finish the Golden Mile gets the car destroyed.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: What, you guys just realized that [[spoiler:the town has been taken over by androids]] and you let [[spoiler:Ollie go to the toilets of the next pub]] by ''himself?'' Buddy system, guys! Justified in that they were already a little buzzed by that point. The film {{Lampshades}} it by giving him tons of {{Traitor Shot}}s and when Gary seems to recognize this -- he instead gushes, "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint I]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint like]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the new you!]]"

* AccidentalInnuendo: Gary loves these. When the Network talks about "penetration points", Gary giggles and makes a "fucking pussy" gesture with his fingers with a whistle.

** Sam and Steven took part in the production of ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}''. This musical deals with [[spoiler: the life on the eve of a catastrophe (Germany just before Nazi takeover). Some of the last words spoken onstage are in fact "it was the end of the world".]]

** The Blanks' primary method of attack, the FacepalmOfDoom, initially seems a bit comical and silly during the first few fights. [[spoiler: Then we see what happens when they succeed at getting a good hold on your face.]] Not so silly anymore, now is it?

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/MartinFreeman, who played [[Film/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]], is a character who becomes an [[spoiler:evil robot]], similarly to how Creator/IanHolm, who [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings also played Bilbo]], [[spoiler: [[Film/{{Alien}} portrayed a character who reveals to be a robot too]]]].

** To be fair, they try to twice. [[spoiler: The Blank version of]] Oliver stops them the first time. The second time [[spoiler: Gary's determination to finish the Golden Mile gets the car destroyed.]]

** In a similar vein to the above, Wright, Pegg and Frost in several interviews admitted to being somewhat bemused by getting messages from fans who eagerly enthused that they'd love to go on a pub crawl with them similar to one the characters embark on, because (a) it's usually pretty clear that what these people ''really'' mean that they'd like to go on one with the characters from ''Spaced'', ''Shaun of the Dead'' etc. developed and portrayed by younger versions of the three creators; (b) because these people don't seem to realise that the movie is in fact an expression that the three men have grown and matured out of being solely like the people their younger selves were; and (c) because they ''also'' don't seem to realise that the whole point of the movie is that the pub crawl is a spectacularly bad idea that is the brain-child of a man who is pathetically and almost inescapably trapped in his youth. [[spoiler: And (d) because the pub crawl ends with the destruction of the world as we know it and a return to the Dark Ages.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: What, you guys just realized that [[spoiler: the town has been taken over by androids]] and you let [[spoiler: Ollie go to the toilets of the next pub]] by ''himself?'' Buddy system, guys! Justified in that they were already a little buzzed by that point. The film {{Lampshades}} it by giving him tons of {{Traitor Shot}}s and when Gary seems to recognize this -- he instead gushes, "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint I]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint like]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint the new you!]]"

** The entire soundtrack, but special mention should go to "So Young" by Music/{{Suede}}, "I'm Free" by Music/SoupDragons and "Loaded" by Music/PrimalScream.
** Music/SilverBullet's "20 Seconds To Comply" playing during the Beehive fight stands out as particularly awesome.

** Oliver might be the least prominent of the group but he is well liked for being played by Creator/MartinFreeman, having some good lines and being a relatively decent brawler during his one fight with the Blanks. [[spoiler:Plus his creepy scenes after being replaced]].

** The Blanks' primary method of attack, the FacepalmOfDoom, initially seems comical and silly during the first few fights. [[spoiler: Then we see what happens when they succeed at getting a good hold on your face.]] Not so silly anymore, now is it?

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/NickFrost gets a lot of praise for how, instead of playing the ManChild of the group, he takes the role of the StraightMan and utterly aces it. Similarly, if this film doesn't convince you that Simon Pegg can do his dramatic scenes really well, nothing will by this point.
** Pegg also shows how capable he is of being the ManChild to Nick Frost's StraightMan, as where it's been the otherway around for most of their films.

* AssPull: Having Gary's [[spoiler:self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour. Especially since we never see how Gary got started self harming in the first place, its only explained nor do we see what his life was like after school ended, only that he was in AA therapy sessions established at the beginning of the film]]

*** The first words Gary says to Sam are "Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!". This are also the first lines of a song from said musical.

** Is [[spoiler:The Network]] 100% well intentioned, or are there some seriously bad, less benevolent intentions behind the mask (to go with or without the good intentions depending on your interpretation)? While WordOfGod ultimately characterised it as benevolent in a really warped way, there is evidence for both.

** Oliver might be the least prominent of the group but he is well liked for being played by Creator/MartinFreeman, having some good lines and being a relatively decent brawler during his one fight with the Blanks. [[spoiler:Plus his UncannyValley scenes after being replaced]].

* AssPull: Having Gary's [[spoiler:self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour. Especially since we never see how Gary got to self harming in the first, its only explained nor do we see what his life was like after school ended, only that he was in AA therapy sessions established at the beginning of the film]]

* AssPull: Having Gary's [[spoiler:self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour.]]

** Ass Pull: Having Gary's [[spoiler:self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour.]]

* Ass Pull: Having Gary's [[spoiler:self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour.]]

* Ass Pull: Having Gary's self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour.

* Ass Pull: Having Gary's self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour.

* Ass Pull: Having Gary's self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour.

* Ass Pull: Having Gary's self-harm scars and suicidal tendencies being revealed at the third act of the movie to make the audience care about Gary feels very emotionally manipulative. Gary has acted like an hedonistic, selfish asshole throughout most of the movie; he strung along his friends to relive his glory days, constantly ignores or mistreats them, has very little empathy for those around him (outside of a few moments) and the movie shoves this in the audience's faces as the reason why Gary is like this. Suicidal thoughts and self-harm affects people in all sorts of ways, sure and people with depression and suicidal thoughts aren't going to be peachy keen but this whole revelation feels like the movie's excuse for Gary's behaviour.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Oliver might be the least prominent of the group but he is well liked for being played by Creator/MartinFreeman, having some good lines and being a relatively decent brawler during his one fight with the Blanks. [[spoiler:Plus his UncannyValley scenes after being replaced]].

* MisaimedFandom: In a similar vein to the fandom that has arisen around several of the ManChild-yet-badass characters of ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' and the Film/BloodAndIceCreamTrilogy, some fans have latched on to Gary King as an example of the ManChild-yet-badass rebel who plays by his own rules and lives every day like he was still a teenager seemingly without it fully registering that Gary is actually a {{deconstruction}} of that type of person; his life is shown to be pathetic, empty and miserable, his hedonistic and self-centred lifestyle has cost him all his friends, and towards the end he outright comes out and admits that the main reason he acts like he's still a teenager is because he's accomplished nothing else in his life and it's the only time he remembers being truly happy.

*** Could be a sociopath. He only cares about himself, he uses violence and emotional manipulation to get his way, and repeatedly abandons his friends in their time of need.
*** Except it's shown he ''does'' care enough to try and send Andy and Steven out of the town while he finishes the Golden Mile, [[spoiler:becomes a leader for his Blank!friends]] and tells Sam to leave him behind.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: A little nostalgia is fine every now and then. Too much, on the other hand, and you won't feel able to enjoy the rest of your life. So don't always look backwards.
** Also, ''nothing'' is worth giving up your free will or identity.
** Sam and Gary's relationship is a good illustration of how most teenage girls go through the [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy]] phase and then, contrary to popular belief, they eventually grow up.

** Sam and Steven took part in the production of Theatre/{{Cabaret}}. This musical deals with [[spoiler: the life on the eve of a catastrophe (Germany just before Nazi takeover). Some of the last words spoken onstage are in fact "it was the end of the world".]]

* CrazyAwesome: Gary. Severely deconstructed however.

** Oliver might be the least prominent of the group but he is well liked for being played by Creator/MartinFreeman, having some good lines and being a relatively decent brawler during his one fight with the Blanks. [[spoiler:Plus his UncannyValley scenes after being replaced]].

* CantUnHearIt: Try listening to "This Corrosion" by Music/TheSistersOfMercy and ''not'' think of the last scene.

** Oliver might be the least prominent of the group but he is well liked for being played by Creator/MartinFreeman, having some good lines and being a relatively decent brawler during his one fight with the Blanks. [[spoiler:Plus his UncannyValley senes after being replaced]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/MartinFreeman, who played [[Film/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]], is an [[spoiler:evil robot]], similarly to how Creator/IanHolm, who also played Bilbo, [[Film/{{Alien}} also portrayed a character who's revealed to be a robot]].